I sure wish you all would take this conversation some where else. I have
had over 80 messages on this list on the subject in less than 24 hours. I
could actually care less if you use twitter or not and don't have the time
for the clutter.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "jim grimsby Jr." <[email protected]>
To: "gw-info" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: We don't all use Twitter
hi,
allow me to amend my remark as it clearly wasn't clear to the more literal
minded among us.
when ever possible I recommend an off the shelf product. there are a few
cases where this does not apply.
because there is no off the shelf product that will do the job needed.
for example there are no mainstream programs to provide a bridge between
the visual display and the blind user. this is clearly something needed
buy the blind and not something needed buy the main stream. so your going
to have to get an adaptive solution.
reading mail reading news browsing the web etc. are clearly going to have
mainstream solutions and so I will recommend these solutions. what you
decide to use of course is up to you.
hope this clears it up. sorry it was unclear before.
tc
Jim Grimsby JR.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert C
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 4:10 PM
To: jim grimsby Jr. ; gw-info
Subject: Re: We don't all use Twitter
You advise people to use off the shelf procduicts. So why are you
here?
Window Eyes is not an off the shelf solution. Going along this vein, you
would suggest that the use of a white cane or guide dog is not an off the
shelf solution. So would you then suggest we blind people apply for
drivers
licenses then? That is mainstream after all.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "jim grimsby Jr." <[email protected]>
To: "gw-info" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: We don't all use Twitter
well as for me I try to advise people to use off the shelf stuff verses
using a package created for the blind. so I recommend windows live mail
the older one not 2011 or outlook 2007 or higher. all articles are
displayed just like e-mail messages. one advantage to this is it makes
the forwarding of rss articles via e-mail quite simple. these clients
use the windows internet explorer news feeds section so it is quite easy
to sign up for the feeds you want and have them available within the
client. have not used it for a time but windows vista had a real neet rss
gagit. very functional. even though I prefer the mail style interface.
hth
Jim Grimsby JR.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Tekell
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 1:51 PM
To: Tom ; [email protected]
Subject: Re: We don't all use Twitter
Not to nitpick, but RSS isn't social networking. It is simply a means
to simplify the flow of information. I can understand folks not
wanting to get into Twitter, but to my way of thinking, RSS is
something inherently useful for the blind. As long as your feed
reader is accessible, you can get to all of the new news stories,
articles and even sale items on commercial pages without having to
dig through all of the drek on the sites' main pages. I wasn't
previously aware that there was a way to get a feed from someone's
Twitter feed though, learn something new every day. I recommend
WebIE's accessible RSS reader, it works as a two frame setup, the
first pane is a list of subscribed feeds and one only needs to press
enter to jump to the selected feed and update the list of stories and
entries. Then one only needs to hit enter on whatever entry one is
interested in and the article is opened in your browser. No need to
wade through all of the junk on the CNN front page, just a nice list
of all of the headlines, and when you are through, you shift tab back
to the list of feeds and find the next one you want to check.
I guess some people still prefer to do things the old fashioned way,
but personally, I prefer the ability to get to the real content quicker.
Regards,
Chris
At 08:04 AM 2/23/2011, Tom wrote:
I agree with the below comment!
Tom
** Message Separater **
>Come on, Aaron. It only takes a second to send your tweet to
>the list. I am another who doesn't want to mess with Twitter
>and I don't want the RSS feed either. We're not all into
>social networking.
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